Please answer what you can please! 1. Long-term care in the U.S. is: a. Often pr
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Please answer what you can please!
1. Long-term care in the U.S. is:
a. Often provided informally by family and friends.
b. Most effective in the most institutionalized settings possible.
c. Only available to people over 65 years of age.
d. Is financially covered by Medicare for as long as medically necessary.
2. Which is not a reason that costs have increased so dramatically in the U.S.?
a. The growth of technology emphasizes expensive diagnostics and treatments
b. The current system emphasizes preventive care more than reactive medical treatment
c. Multiple payers lead to higher fragmentation and higher administrative costs
d. There is a growing elderly population that utilizes more care
3. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is designed to:
a. Provide free health care to everyone.
b. Be phased out and repealed in 2016.
c. Force everyone in America to buy government-sponsored health insurance.
d. Improve access to health insurance for individuals.
4. New types of health information technologies will:
a) Eliminate the need of doctors and hospitals by the year 2020.
b) Significantly increase the cost of care because it adds more regulations.
c) Can introduce major changes to the way healthcare is managed.
d) Cost more because smartphones are so expensive.
5. Improving the efficiency of care refers to:
a. Mandating lower payments for expensive types of healthcare services.
b. Limiting access to basic services needed by a specific community.
c. Making sure that patients receive exactly the care they want.
d. Achieves the best of possible healthcare outcome at the lowest possible cost.
Explanation / Answer
1. Informal care giver and family caregiver are terms used to refer to unpaid individuals such as family members, partners, friends and neighbors who provide care. These persons can be primary (i.e. the person who spends the most time helping) or secondary caregivers, full time or part time, and can live with the person being cared for or live separately. Formal caregivers are volunteers or paid care providers associated with a service system.
So, the option is A
2. There is a growing elderly population that utilizes more care and this point has nothing to do with the cost.
So, the answer is D.
3. Designed to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to beneficiaries for individuals.
So, the answer is D.
4. Significantly increase the care because more regulations are added in the following ways:
So, the answer is B.